Alcohol Consumption in Late Teens Can Lead to Liver Problems in Adulthood (IMAGE)

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Alcohol Consumption in Late Teens Can Lead to Liver Problems in Adulthood

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Hazard ratios (HRs) during 39 years of follow-up of severe liver disease by alcohol consumption (grams per day) at the time of conscription in 43,293 Swedish men in 1969-70. The solid line represents HRs from linear-response Cox models and the short-dashed lines the 95 percent confidence intervals estimated from multivariable Cox models modelling alcohol consumption using fractional polynomials.

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Journal of Hepatology

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